The bottom of the feet is pink/gray. Darn! I was hoping for a giant. The store orders from Ideal, and there were supposedly giants and aus. mixed together in the pen. I was trying to get away from the "production" birds, so that's why I wanted a giant. Are australorps considered production birds since they lay 5 eggs a week (according to the breed profile on mypetchicken?) I had an internal laying problem with my red sex links, so that is why.

The bottom of the feet is pink/gray. Darn! I was hoping for a giant. The store orders from Ideal, and there were supposedly giants and aus. mixed together in the pen. I was trying to get away from the "production" birds, so that's why I wanted a giant. Are australorps considered production birds since they lay 5 eggs a week (according to the breed profile on mypetchicken?) I had an internal laying problem with my red sex links, so that is why.

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Australorps are pretty good layers, and can be considered production birds, as that is their main purpose. However, they are not as commercialized as Red Sex-Links. You probably won't have as many problems with them as you did with the Red Sex-Links, as Red Sex-Links are bred to produce lots of eggs for about three years. Australorps won't lay as many eggs, but they will live and lay longer.